Java tools and frameworks for building RESTful web services

Over the last few years, the REST architectural style has become very popular in the industry and many enterprises have accepted it as the current standard for building public web APIs, particularly when scalability and simplicity are major concerns for them. Today, one may see many tools and frameworks available on the market for building RESTful web services. In this section, we will briefly discuss some of the most popular Java-based frameworks and tools for building RESTful systems.

The Java API for RESTful web services (JAX-RS) is the Java API for creating RESTful web services following the REST architectural pattern discussed in this chapter. JAX-RS is a part of the Java Platform ...

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